Drain-tile machine



SMITH 8v WINEGAR.

MACHINE FOR MAKING DRAIN TILES.

No. 26,793. Patented Jan. 10, 1860.

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CALEB YVINEGAR AND SAMUEL M. SMITH, OF UNION .SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

DRAIN-TILE MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CALEB WINEGAR and SAMUEL M. SMITH, of Union Springs, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Drain- Tiles; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 2, is a horizontal section in the line 3 y, in Fig. 2, and Fig. 3, is an end view.

Similar letters of reference, in each of the several figures, indicate corresponding parts.

The nature of our invention consists in the relative arrangement for united operation of the screening box, tile making box, screening plunger, tile plunger, eccentrics for operating said plungers, pulverizing chamber and feeding shaft, substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter described.

With this arrangement, the operations of pulverizing, screening and molding the clay into tiles are performed in one machine and by a continuous revolution of the driving shaft; the pulverizing occurring first, the screening second and the molding third. The pulverized clay empties into the screening box, from thence is forced through the screens into the molding box and from thence forced through the tile molds; the arrangement being such that while clay is being screened at one end of the machine, pulverized clay is coming into the screening box at the other end, and screened clay is being forced out through the tile molds. Thus the machine is caused to work harmoniously and perfectly, although the revolution of the driving shaft is continuous.

'To enable others, skilled in the art, to make and use our invention, we will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, represents the clay pulverizing chamber, B, the screening chamber and C, the tile molding chamber constructed as shown 26,793, dated January 10, 1860.

and arranged one above the other as shown. The chamber A, has passages a, 0/, leading into the chamber B. Passages b, b, are formed in the top of chamber G, fora purpose presently described.

Through the three chambers, a central shaft D, passes as shown. This shaft has pulverizing and feeding Wings 0, c, on that part which comes within the chamber A, and eccentrics d, e, on those parts which come within the chambers B, C, said chambers having slots cl, e, in their sides to allow the eccentrics free play.

E, E, are screens arranged at each end of the chamber 13. The outside of these screens just comes even with the inner side of the passages Z2, Z), of the chamber A, so as to discharge the screened clay into said chamber.

F, G, are box shaped plungers closed at end and fitted by means of oblong slots f, g, in their top, loosely on the shaft D, as shown. These plungers encompass the eccentrics d, e, and have a contact with the circumferences of the same through friction rollers h, 2', when the machine is in motion.

H, H, are the tile molds formed in the ends of the chamber C.

From the above description of parts, it will be seen that when the shaft D, is set in motion, the clay in chamber A, will be pulverized and forced down through the opening a into the chamber B, at one end, and as the motion continues, the clay thus forced down will be forced out by the plunger F, through the screen E, into the chamber C, through the passage I). Now as the motion continues, the parts will change their position and while fresh clay is coming into the chamber B, at the opening a and is being forced out through the screen E into the other end of chamber C, through the opening 6, the screened clay is being forced out through the tile molds, and thus converted into tiles of a perfect character. Thus the operation continues the whole day, the respective ends of the machine alternately receiving, screening and molding.

WVe are aware that the several devices we employ have heretofore been applied to brick and tilemacllines, bntnct s0 arranged F, G, pulverizing chalnber A, and feeding as to operate ointly in the manner ehave shaft D, substantially as and for the purdevised.

Therefore What We claim as our invention 5 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The relative arrangement for united' 0ppeses set forth. g V I CALEB WINEGAR. SAMUEL M. SMITH.

eration of the screening box B, tile making 'Witnesses:

box C, screening plunger F, tile plunger Gr,

eccentrics d, 6, for operating said plung GEORGE W. WVINEGAR, PHILANDER COMSTOOK. 

